If I had to sum up the last couple of weeks in one word, it would have to be the title of this post, CRAZY. 

With school about to be out (tomorrow is the boys’ last day) and trying to plan a vacation, which we leave for soon, life has been a bit busy. We have baseball games 3 days a week, when it isn’t raining. I’m really beginning to wonder if the rain will ever end. We are hoping and praying that it doesn’t rain the whole time we are on vacation. It seems that we are not the only ones getting a ton of rain and I feel for everyone affected by the bad weather. My heart goes out to those that have major damage. We have been lucky and I really shouldn’t complain. 

My mother and father in-law just built a brand new house. It is going to be really nice and we are all very happy for them. They have waited a long time for this and it is great seeing them so happy. We all wanted to pitch in and help, so we have been spending our days and evenings at their house painting. You wouldn’t believe what we have accomplished in just a couple of days time. Of course, I’m just speaking for myself, but I’m tuckered! When I get home for a days worth of painting I feel like I need to be productive at home. 

We had a birthday party last weekend, so I had the usual getting things ready for that. The party went great and our boys had a blast. We now have a 3 year old! Boy does the time fly! Since the party I have been working on getting the winter clothing packed away and all of the summer clothing washed and ready to wear. That is a huge task when there are 7 in the household. I have also been working on going through everything and donating our old clothing to new homes. 

Tonight when I finished painting we started shampooing. Did I say we? I meant, “I” started shampooing the carpets. I managed to get 4 rooms done and plan to finish the other carpeted areas in the morning. (That’s the plan anyway, but nothing every goes as planned around here.) Let’s just hope I can have the shampooer back in time! 

My boys are so excited about school being out for the summer. They are also super excited about vacation. I am hoping to schedule posts to go up automatically while I am gone, however if you email me or comment and don’t hear from me, just know that I will be playing catch up when I am home from vacation, but it may take me a while to catch up since I am already a bit behind. 

The boys and I were all sick AGAIN last week, but we are all healthy and doing great. Let’s hope that we are done with sicknesses for the season and can enjoy some warm weather! 

More to Come on Raising My 5 Sons….